financially

adverb

fi·​nan·​cial·​ly fə-ˈnan(t)-sh(ə-)lē How to pronounce financially (audio)
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: with respect to money : from a financial point of view
The company struggled financially for many years.
He has made some smart investments, so he's doing very well financially.
a financially stable organization
Someone who buys extensive liability insurance for his car may drive too fast because he feels financially protected.E. S. Browning
Even companies that are financially fit often don't feel like taking the risk of ramping up operations and hiring more workers.Barbara Kiviat

Examples of financially in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But Shumpert, 33, a one-time New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets player, has allegedly been refusing to help support Taylor or their children financially, claiming his money is tied up in investments, according to court documents. Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024 In order to impress his future in-laws, Betsy’s father Eddie (Alan Alda, who wrote and directed the film) gets himself in way over his head financially, and resorts to some unsavory characters to pay the bills. Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024 With the health resort failing financially and understanding that there was money in golf, Leonard Tufts hired Donald Ross, a famed Scottish golf course architect, to redesign the No. 1 course. Craig Gill / Made By History, TIME, 13 June 2024 Many singers have undergone vocal operations and returned to top-of-game performance — Miley Cyrus and Justin Timberlake among them — though long periods of postoperative vocal rest are obviously more financially tolerable for people who spent their junior-high years on Disney’s payroll. Dessa Dessa Tanya Pérez Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 12 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for financially 

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Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of financially was in 1795

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“Financially.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financially. Accessed 20 Jun. 2024.

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